The TDI version of the VW vehicles get mileage that rivals the hybrid cars with a supply and build chain that is more environmentally friendly.
I believe there is a Passat TDI.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
NoiseDesign - May 11, 2013 12:40:21 pm PDT #22219 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
Liese S. - May 11, 2013 12:48:48 pm PDT #22220 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Whew. Finished up the electronics for four of the five remaining cigar box guitars for my older students. Waiting on permissions for the fifth.
Amy - May 11, 2013 12:51:45 pm PDT #22221 of 30001
Because books.
My dad has always wanted a Passat. I don't know why.
So ... that's my answer.
(I still want a Beetle, personally.)
Jesse - May 11, 2013 12:54:13 pm PDT #22222 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha! That's so awesome, JZ.
Lee - May 11, 2013 12:58:54 pm PDT #22223 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I think I am going to test drive both the prius and the passat. I am thinking I may go through the Costco Auto program, just so I don't have to haggle.
Scrappy - May 11, 2013 1:08:53 pm PDT #22224 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I strongly recommend a Mazda 3. Comfy, great mileage, and endorsed by my DH, car dude.
sarameg - May 11, 2013 1:22:57 pm PDT #22225 of 30001
I had just finished lap 71 when the thunder started. So one lap shy and no cool down 6 laps, but I was mostly done. Glad I decided to go early!
So my car exhibited electrical-short like behavior today in a downpour. Considering it leaks... but it recovered. (It was classic low battery-like start, and when I first started moving, the wipers were....slow. And the radio fritzed and dash lights blinked randomly, but as soon as I travelled some distance, it all went away.) Guess I better get serious about seeing if a refi would free up enough more of the budget to fit in a car payment without getting all stressy. Sigh. I don't want a new car payment. We'll see if it starts in the morning. As noted, it is raining again.
Now I'm eating asparagus and mushrooms.
Amy - May 11, 2013 1:29:29 pm PDT #22226 of 30001
Because books.
I strongly recommend a Mazda 3. Comfy, great mileage, and endorsed by my DH, car dude.
That's what my dad actually has! It's a great car.
§ ita § - May 11, 2013 1:38:31 pm PDT #22227 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I enjoyed my V6 Jetta a ridiculous amount, enough that I would cheerfully tell people to look at a Passat if that's the body they like.
Except the mechanism to raise and lower the seat back was the most annoying ever.
sarameg - May 11, 2013 1:48:00 pm PDT #22228 of 30001
I am going to keep washing this sock until its partner reappears, damnit.